Obinutuzumab treatment of a DLBCL patient subgroup

摘要

The present invention relates to obinutuzumab (or its functional equivalents) for use in the treatment of a particular biomarker-defined DLBCL patient and a novel DLBCL patient subgroup, respectively. The present invention further relates to a method for treating DLBCL with obinutuzumab (or its functional equivalents) in a patient in need thereof, wherein said patient is a particular biomarker-defined DLBCL patient or belongs to a novel biomarker-defined DLBCL patient subgroup. The present invention further relates to the use of obinutuzumab (or its functional equivalents) for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of DLBCL in the particular biomarker-defined DLBCL patient/novel DLBCL patient subgroup. The present invention further relates to a method for identifying a particular DLBCL patient/novel DLBCL patient subgroup and a method for diagnosing a novel form of DLBCL and a particular DLBCL patient/novel DLBCL patient subgroup, respectively.